HARIDWAR
The Gate Way Of Heaven

Pious men of every faith, sanyasins of ten divisions, theists of all denominations, god-intoxicated men of every land, and aesthetes of every category in their characteristic out-fit, with respective religious marks on foreheads, mumbling the names of gods in their own languages greet our eyes throughout the road to this divine spot.

As you walk on the Canal Centenary Bridge, commanding a beautiful view of ghats, connecting the oval-shaped-Clock Tower Annexe, around which the giggling Ganga, flows in majestic hurry, you observe to your hearts content the enchanting sight of Siwalik range of mountains on either side, adorned with the imposing shrines of the Goddess Chandi on the left summit, Manasadevi on the right, and just down below at the foot of hills the much-hallowed Har-Ki-Pairi temple, enshrining God Hari's foot prints, and several other small, yet sublime ones dedicated to other highly adorable deities. Standing near the Clock Tower, if you turn your head any side, nothing but huge concourses of people fully immersed in devotional acts,

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